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Robert Harrison Howe
A sharp early-20th-century critic of war and finance, he wrote with the urgency of someone trying to expose how power really worked. His surviving books combine economic history, politics, and a strongly independent point of view.
1 Audiobook
How We Robbed Mexico in 1848
by Robert Harrison Howe
About the author
Robert Harrison Howe was an American writer and socialist remembered for works such as The Evolution of Banking and How We Robbed Mexico in 1848. Available catalog and archival records consistently link him to those books, and historical authority files identify him as a U.S. author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The picture that emerges is of a politically engaged writer rather than a purely academic one. His work on banking looks at the development of credit and financial systems, while How We Robbed Mexico in 1848 takes a critical view of the Mexican-American War. Together, those titles suggest an author deeply interested in the relationship between money, power, and public life.
Basic biographical records indicate that he was born in Boston on March 10, 1857, and died in Chicago on October 9, 1923. Even though he remains relatively obscure today, his books still attract readers interested in radical history, economic criticism, and forgotten American voices.